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   From: robsheppard@spamwhoshaw.ca   
      
   My first concert, MUN 's Thompson Student Centre. WOW.   
      
    wrote in message   
   news:1117975099.240640.305580@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   > In short   
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   > There are musicians, recording artists, and there are live   
   > entertainers.  Very few bands are all three.   
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   > Glass Tiger is having their 20th anniversary tour...it's worth the   
   > cash. They have some new material and worth checking out.  If they are   
   > passing through, go see them.   
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   > _____   
   > Ramble Space   
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   > I'm not a raving fan, or a fan of anyone. But I'm 30 something and grew   
   > up in Canada,  which makes me, by default, familiar with Glass Tiger's   
   > Music.   
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   > I first saw GT in 2003 when Bay Roberts had their annual Klondyke   
   > concert. This is your small town festival, 12 hour softball field,   
   > bring your lawn chair, kinda affair, where a bunch of bands get 45   
   > minutes each. Infact, I remembered snickering at the line up that year;   
   > Loverboy, Honeymoon Suite, The Stampeders, Randy Bachman, Trooper. I   
   > thought if they only had Haywire and Larry Gowan it would be complete.   
   > Snickering or not, I grew up with that music so I went.   
   >     The hands down gem of the show was an afternoon slot by Glass   
   > Tiger.  I expected little from them but they quickly got the crowd   
   > pumping. Quarter way into their set and 30 seconds into Thin Red Line   
   > there was a nasty black cloud rising from the far back staging area   
   > followed by silence.  I imagine the Diesel generator stalled.  Without   
   > hesitation Alan Frew and I believe Al Connely grabbed acoustics and sat   
   > on the edge of the stage and started a sing along which carried the   
   > first 45 rows and only was drowned out in back by the beer tent/corale.   
   > Not bad for a concert with about 60,000 people attending that year.   
   > About 10 minutes later, they got the power back on and played an   
   > abbreviated set to the end of their scheduled 45 minutes and beyond   
   > until the concert organizers were visibly trying to get them off the   
   > stage to keep their house of cards schedule rolling.   
   >    Compare that to Loverboy's less than entertaining 45 minute set   
   > which ran 40 minutes and included a semi-improv/mangled version of   
   > working for the weekend. Add to that a 10 minute guitar solo followed   
   > by a 5 minute drum solo where the lead singer disappeared back stage to   
   > have a smoke, drink, coronary, or something.   
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   > I returned to Bay Roberts last night to see Glass Tiger's concert which   
   > had a disappointing 250 people loosely covering an ice rink to the   
   > blueline.   Probably an unfortunate victim to a town of 5,500 holding a   
   > 19+ event, 45 minutes outside of St. John's with insufficient   
   > advertising.  I heard of the concert by word of mouth and got specifics   
   > from the Town website.   
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   > Again this didn't subdue Glass Tiger's performance. These guys were   
   > pros and didn't let the small turnout take anything away.  Strong   
   > energy all the way through playing till 12:30 and signing autographs   
   > and the occasional body till at least 1:15.   
   >   
   > If they happened to be going through your city/town...They have some   
   > new material and worth checking out.   
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